The Osceola times., 1887-08-20
Miscellaneous Items.

sAs, Mrs. mary trdNes, was DOTn May IL
1902, on Ivy river, twelve miles from Ashe-
vile, y. C.
Workmen are going TO the front every
day to take situations on construction of
the Little Rock branch of the Cotton Belt
route.
Parson Harris, a colored man living
near Helena, was killed by his wife a few
days ago with a shotgun, which she emp.
tied into him while he was beating her.
The hne rain which fell recently has
given strength to the crop prospects.
Corn Is now made, while cotton looks as
fine as could he expected.
The Governor has remitted a fine of fifty
dollars each assessed against DIR. Joseph
w. Case and w. A. Allen, of Indepen.
dence County, for betting on an election.
The petitions for the remissions were nu-
merousy signed by many good citizens.
Drs. T. f. Murrell and NJ. C. Marshall, Of
Little Rock, with their wives, will attend
the international medical congress, which
convenes in Washington, Semptember s.,
at which delegates from all parts of the
world will be present.
A cotton mill is soon to be erected at
Brinkley for the manufacture of cotton
yarns, thread, cord aud rope, with a cap
ital of $4,000.
Fourteen thousand bales Of cotton are
shipped away from Brinkley annually,
and there will te a large increase the pres.
ent season.
Country merchants are laying in stocks
for big fall trade.
The grand jury at Conway adjourned
after finding forty indictments.
W. J. Davis, of Texarkana, wishes in.
formation of Martha ID. Smith, who moved
from Miller County in 1873 or 1879.
John c. Banks has filed a damage suit
against the Dardanelle Transfer Company
for 5000. He was passenger in one OF
the company's vehicles when the horses
became frighted and ran away, breaking
his arm.
Two hundred premiums, ranging from
81 to $50, will be offered for the best dis.
PLAYS in the horticultural fair at Rogers,
October ~ and IL.
There were at Little Rock on the day of
the Oak Hill reunion six ex-Governors and
the present executive officer. They were
Governors Conway, Rector, Garland,
Miller, Churchill, Berry and Governor
Hughes.
The laying Of the cornerstone Of the
New Pulaski County courthouse took
place few days ago. Judge w. Y. Hill
acted as master of ceremonies and Judge
| s. w. Williams and Acknowledgement d.
W. Jones made addresses befitting the oc-
casion.
Glenwood park in Little Rock, which
has been chosen as the place for holding
the exposition of Arkansas industries and
resources Is in the center Of the city, six
teen squares from the river. Street car
lines carry passengers direct to the park
from nearly ever part Of the city.
A Anon-denominational convention of the
Sunday schools of Benton County was
held last week at Bentonville. Forty
seven Sunday-schools reported, with an
average attendance of $500, out of a
school population Of more than ten thou
sand. The sessions of the convention
were largely attended and the discussions
were interesting. The next annual meet
| ing will be hold at Sloan Springs.
! The State Wheel at its recent meeting in
| in Hollywood elected the following officers
for the year: l.. p. Featherson, OF st. Fran
| els, president; George Z. Martin, of lnde
| pendence, (State Senator.) vice-president
r. II. Moorehed, Of Prairie, reelected sec
rotary; Louis b. Audigler, Of White, re-
elected, treasurer. The next meeting will
/ he held at Little Rock one year hence.
| Governor Hughes has been invited by the
| Constitutional Centennial Commission tc
attend the centennial commission on the
seventeenth of next month as the guest OF
the commission. The Governor says he de
/ sires to attend and will do so IL he car
| spare the time.
Ayoung man Of Bellevile has invented
| q watermelon carrier. The device is very
simple and inexpensive, consisting of a
double moose with wooden handle. A
melon Of any size can be carried with II as
readily as a valise. He has found a ready
sale for the contrivance in the 81. Louis
market.
A very young man was taken from Ridge
station to Little Rock a few days ago by
| Deputy United States Marshal Faulken
bury on a charge of robbing a post-oiiict
| of a small sum. He is the seventeen-year
old son OF a preacher, and acknowledged
he committed the larceny. He was re
! quired 10 give bond.
The Exposition boom still spreads.
Mrs. Mccarthy, the oldest colored wom
an in the state, died recently in Gale
Rock township, Pope County. She remem
bers well the battle Of Kings Mountain
fought in North Carolina during the Revo-
lutionary war, and SAYS at that time she
was good sized girl, She is believed tc
be more than q hundred and twenty years
old.
Captain Henry Montgomery, OF Non.
treal, Can, and "A member of the Dominion
detective force, arrived in Little Rock a
few days ago, being in quest Of gang OF
counterfeiterS which he thinks are AT
present operating between Little Rock and
| the Indian Territory.
a very large addition is soon 10 be bnili
10 the Deaf Mute Institute.
One OF the greatest old ladies living in
this State is Mrs. Elizabeth Trammel, who
was born in n: Ii Carolina, January l3
1887. She resides with her son, William
| Trammel, a successful farmer, aged sixty.
six, near Tilley. Mrs. Trammel was mar
ried in 1870, and has had three children.
She enjoys excellent health, and takes an
active part in her hoashold duties. She
has never taken any medicine in her life,
and from her appearance win live 10 he at
least one hundred.
Mineral specimens from all parts of the
State are being received daily at the Office
Of the secretary Of the Exposition ia Little
Rock.
Governor Hughes delivered the nddress
& wslesns - ~ veterans Of Oak IIiii.